Language Stats: compare key data on South Africa & Zimbabwe

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Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
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STAT	South Africa	Zimbabwe
English status	The main means of communication in urban areas. Many second generation people from <a href=/country/in>India</a>, <a href=/country/po>Portugal</a>, <a href=/country/gm>Germany</a>, and <a href=/country/gr>Greece</a> speak <a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a> as first <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. Bible 1382-1989.	Spoken by most Europeans and an increasing number of <a href=/encyclopedia/Africa>Africans</a>. Used in all or most <a href=/cat/Education>education</a>. Official <a href=/cat/Language>language</a>. <a href=/graph-T/med_new>Newspapers</a>. Bible 1535-1989.
Languages	IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Linguistic diversity index	0.869 Ranked 20th. 65% more than Zimbabwe	0.526 Ranked 81st.
Major language(s)	11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu	English (official), Shona, Sindebele

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